The Jewish Roots of Anglo-American Law and Politics
Led by a rabbi/lawyer who works at the intersection of religion and politics and teaches both church-state and Jewish law, this session will draw on examples from 1066 to the present to examine those Jewish intellectual ideas, specific laws, and political ideologies that shaped Britain and America over the centuries. It will explore as well what the lasting impact of that influence has been.
About the speaker
Designated in Newsweek’s 2009 list as the most influential rabbi in the U.S. and described in a Washington Post profile as "the quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill," David Saperstein represents the national Reform Jewish Movement to Congress and the Administration as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. In 2004 and 2006, the Wall Street Journal and the Religion News Service, respectively, described him as among the country’s most influential shapers of religious issues in national elections. In 1999, he was elected as the first Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, created by a unanimous vote of Congress, and in 2009 was appointed by President Obama as a member of the first White House Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. A prolific writer and speaker and an attorney, David Saperstein teaches seminars in both Church-State Law and Jewish Law at Georgetown University Law School.
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